NBC has also confirmed the widespread rumor that Kanye West will make his fifth appearance as the show's musical guest on the May 18 episode, though it remains unclear whether the rapper, who has been in Paris working on his next album, will premiere any new music.

Affleck, whose most recent turn behind the camera "Argo" took home the Oscar for Best Picture earlier this year, is on screen now in "To the Wonder" and can next be seen in the September drama "Runner, Runner."